A federal court in Los Angeles has issued a warrant for the arrest of an Orange County exporter who failed to return this week from his native Iran for sentencing in the United States. U.S. District Judge Harry L. Hupp on Monday also set a hearing for Dec. 21 to determine if the three homes used to secure Reza (Ray) Panjtan Amiri's $200,000 bond should be forfeited. The properties were put up by Amiri's friends and relatives, Assistant U.S. Atty. Patricia Beaman said.

A federal court in Los Angeles has issued a warrant for the arrest of an Orange County exporter who failed to return this week from his native Iran for sentencing in the United States. U.S. District Judge Harry L. Hupp on Monday also set a hearing for Dec. 21 to determine if the three homes used to secure Reza (Ray) Panjtan Amiri's $200,000 bond should be forfeited. The properties were put up by Amiri's friends and relatives, Assistant U.S. Atty. Patricia Beaman said.

Collateral Comes Due: Time is running out for three friends and relatives who put up their houses as collateral for a $200,000 bond to secure the release of the owner of a now-defunct Newport Beach company accused of illegally selling high-tech equipment to Iran. Assistant U.S. Atty. Patricia A. Beaman said Monday that she plans to file a motion Nov. 30 to have the property bond of Reza (Ray) Panjtan Amiri, 44, forfeited after he failed to show up for his sentencing in U.S.

The manager of a Newport Beach computer consulting firm was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison for shipping restricted high-tech equipment to Iran. Mohammad (Don) Danesh, 56, a Mission Viejo resident and a U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty in March to illegally exporting a portable oscilloscope and other sensitive electronic equipment three years ago and submitting false statements to U.S. Customs officials about the exports.